( US Department of Homeland Security - Science and Technology ) While no terrorist has managed to deploy a dirty bomb, the same cannot be said of chemical agents. In a series of tests still underway researchers are using lasers to scrub surfaces clean of sulfur mustard gas and VX, a...

( University of Michigan ) Despite the distraction potential of laptops in college classrooms, new research shows that they can actually increase students' engagement, attentiveness, participation and learning.

LONDON (Reuters) - Possible cuts to an offshore wind port fund by Britain's new coalition government may jeopardize hundreds of millions of pounds of UK manufacturing investment, turbine maker General Electric said on Friday.

( Springer ) Starting in January 2011 Springer will publish the Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry, the society's official journal, which was previously published by Elsevier. Appearing monthly, the journal is devoted to the publication of research papers covering...